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On Tuesday, an Israeli military attack on the Jabalia camp in northern Gaza left the police chief and several police officers dead, increasing the civilian death toll.Despite a months-long “ceasefire,” Israel continues to carry out deadly attacks across the Palestinian territories, citing the presence and “imminent threat” of Hamas fighters.But political and strategic analysts warn that these daily incursions are not isolated security operations, but rather part of a calculated pattern to kill law enforcement officers, medical professionals, government officials, and intellectuals. They warn that these killings could systematically derail the U.S.-backed postwar Gaza plan, paralyze the so-called peace commission…
On Tuesday, an Israeli military attack on the Jabalia camp in northern Gaza left the police chief and several police officers dead, increasing the civilian death toll.Despite a months-long “ceasefire,” Israel continues to carry out deadly attacks across the Palestinian territories, citing the presence and “imminent threat” of Hamas fighters.But political and strategic analysts warn that these daily incursions are not isolated security operations, but rather part of a calculated pattern to kill law enforcement officers, medical professionals, government officials, and intellectuals. They warn that these killings could systematically derail the U.S.-backed postwar Gaza plan, paralyze the so-called peace commission…
Osnabruck, Germany — Niki Nikbakht comes from a close-knit family. She looks fondly at a photo of her two older brothers, Hadi and Fazlolla, at her home in Osnabrück, northwestern Germany. In one photo, Hadi smiles back at her while hugging his two sons. He also has a 5-month-old daughter who has never met her father. He was sentenced to death by the Islamic Republic of Iran and has been imprisoned since before she was born. “I always think: What if it really happened? What would I do if I never saw my two brothers again?” Nikbakht says, fighting back…
Wholesale prices unexpectedly fell in June as sliding energy costs brightened the inflation picture, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said Wednesday.The agricultural commodity price index fell a seasonally adjusted 0.3% in the month, compared with consensus expectations that the Dow Jones final demand cost index would remain unchanged. On an annual basis, the index showed an inflation rate of 5.5%. May’s statistics have been significantly revised downward from the originally announced 1.1% increase to 0.6% increase.Core PPI, which excludes food and energy, rose 0.2% against expectations for a 0.3% rise. Core PPI excluding trade services rose 0.1%, up 5.1% year-on-year.Like…
This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox.Happy Wednesday. If you start seeing drones in the sky, chances are they’re part of your zipline delivery fleet.Stock futures are rising this morning following a strong day on Wall Street.Here are five important things investors need to know to start their trading day.1. Apply grease to the wheelsA customer pumps gas at a Freedom Fuel Network station in Drescher, Pennsylvania on July 8, 2026. joe lamberty getty imagesGovernment figures released yesterday showed that energy prices cooled in June, helping to curb overall inflation. Still, prices…
Three days after the sudden death of Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, his sister Darin Graham Nordone was sworn into office Tuesday to fill the vacant Senate seat at the suggestion of President Donald Trump.Announcing the late senator’s sister’s selection on Monday, South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster introduced the new senator as Graham’s “beloved sister” who would “get the job done for him right now.”Recommended stories list of 4 itemsend of listGraham is one of the most influential senators in the U.S. Congress, using his South Carolina seat to pursue a consistently hawkish line on foreign policy and staunch support for…
Vint Cerf says his favorite places are places he’s never been to before. Cerf, one of the architects of the protocols behind the open internet, left Google last week after 20 years, but he’s not done thinking about the digital future. Starting today, he is advising Innovation Labs, an organization seeking to build an open architecture for AI agents to identify themselves. Innovation Labs is a subsidiary of Identity Digital, a DNS registry company. The company sees domain name infrastructure as a practical way to put the responsibility on AI agents and move toward a future where more online interactions…
Consumer prices rebounded in June due to lower energy and gasoline prices, but reversed after rising sharply in recent months in the wake of the Iran war. But economists said there was a risk that inflation could flare up again in the coming months amid renewed hostilities between the United States and Iran. The Consumer Price Index, a barometer of inflation, rose 3.5% in June compared to 12 months earlier, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said Tuesday. This is down from 4.2% in May and the first decline in annual inflation since January’s 2.4%. “This suggests that the worst is…
Acting U.S. Attorney Todd Blanche prepares to testify at a hearing of the House Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Commerce, Judiciary, Science, and Related Agencies on June 2, 2026, at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, DC.Andrew Harnik | Getty ImagesTodd Blanche, who first gained national attention as President Donald Trump’s criminal defense attorney, will face a Senate Judiciary hearing Wednesday to review the Republican president’s nomination to be U.S. attorney general.Blanche, 51, has been acting attorney general since early April, when President Trump fired Attorney General Pam Bondi over her handling of matters involving the late sex offender Jeffrey…
European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde speaks at the ECB Forum in Sintra, Portugal on July 1, 2026.CNBCOil prices are back in the spotlight after several days of strikes between the United States and Iran, creating uncertainty over the European Central Bank’s interest rate decision next week. Investors on Wednesday were again pricing in the ECB’s July 22 monetary policy meeting, as soaring oil prices cast doubt on hopes of keeping policy unchanged. “The new outbreak of military conflicts in the Middle East and the new rise in oil prices underline that the situation remains extremely volatile and uncertainty…